What the $%**#?

I'm not just saying this to swear- it's actually the movie I watched tonight- What the "bleep"? Some of you will have seen it I assume. I have been meaning to watch it for sometime- and was delighted to know that my non-independent-film-carrying BlockBuster had it.

The most interesting thing about the movie was not the movie itself- it was the reasoning behind seeing the movie. I was around 3 conversations regarding the movie before seeing it and on 2 occasions "overheard" conversations about it and only involved in 1 conversation myself. All 3 viewers of the film were fascinated by the "things that didn't make sense" in the movie. All 3 viewers were "curious" about God as it relates to the movie. Thus, I was curious.

Personally, I liked many aspects of the movie- but struggled with the supposedly objective direction of the film- it seemed quite non-objective in the end: start from a blank slate and reason your way to a conclusion- but the conclusion is already there, but we'll make it seem like- we are open to whatever.

There were 2 things in the movie I appreciated: 1. I think Christians often shy away from anything that might appear "new agey"- a quality this film definitely possesses (actually I'm assuming Christian Scientist), however, often science, exploration of science, and understanding of science so compliment God's unbelievable creativity. The sad thing is when beneficial understandings are never learned in fear of "new age". (It was one of the best visuals of understand co-dependency I've ever seen).

2. EVERY SINGLE COMMENTATOR (there were lots- and lots in the "secular sense") was making a response to God. A response that came in wonder, doubt, longing, and faith. It was definitely a throwback to rationalism- an attempt to reason our way in or out of God. However, the conclusions seemed to be this: God exists. It's impossible to reason. We're making choices based on faith. You can't fully reason- faith must exist: "God, please show up and make me certain that it is you."